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Show VIOLENT STORM IN FRANCE. Southern Coast Is Swept by Snowstorm Snow-storm and a Tidal Wave. Paris. A violent storm has swept ovor the south of Franco, accompanied accompa-nied by heavy falls of snow on tho coast and n tidal wavo at Toulon, which prevents Admiral Touchard's squadron from coaling. Many small craft wero torn from tholr nnchorages and wrecked and tho quays wero flooded. NIco sufforod most sovorely, tho famous fa-mous promenado Dcs Anglais and the neighboring streets being undor water wa-ter a foot dcop. Tho shops thero wero bo badly flooded that tho contents con-tents of somo of them wero totally destroyed. It is estimated that tho damago will amount to an enormous sum. |